May Correspondences

May Correspondences

The name of the month is garnered from the Greek Goddess Maia, the most important of the Seven Sisters (the Pleiades), and (some say) the mother of Hermes. Some form of this Goddess name is known from Ireland to India. She is known to be the mother of Hermes. In Rome she was called Maius, Goddess of Summer.

Moon: The Hare Moon

Astrological Signs: Taurus, Gemini

Nature Spirits: Faeries, elves

Herbs: Dittany of Crete, elder, mint, rose, mugwort, thyme, yarrow

Colors: Green, brown, pink

Flowers: Lily of the valley, foxglove, rose, broom

Scents: Rose, sandalwood

Stones: Emerald (birth stone), malachite, amber, carnelian

Trees: Hawthorne

Animals: Cats, lynx, leopard

Birds: Swallow, dove, swan

Deities: Aphrodite, Artemis, Bast, Diana, Faunus, Flora, Maia, Pan, theHorned God, Venus, Horned God, and all Gods and Goddesses who preside over fertility

Powers: This is a good time to interact with spirits and faeries, a time of intuition, powers of the God

are the strongest. This is a good time to strengthen your own mental powers and feel the energy around you.